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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW Second Quarter 2022 Final Response Rates

QCEW response rates are presented for establishments (1), employment, and total quarterly wages. Response rates are finalized with the publication of the following year's first quarter of data. 2022 response rates were finalized in first quarter 2023.

QCEW response rates for establishments (1), employment, and total wages
Area Second Quarter 2022
Establishments
June 2022
Employment
Second Quarter 2022
Total Wages
Initial response rate (in percent) Final response rate (in percent) Difference, in percentage point(s) Initial response rate (in percent) Final response rate (in percent) Difference, in percentage point(s) Initial response rate (in percent) Final response rate (in percent) Difference, in percentage point(s)

United States (2)

90.3 91.6 1.3 96.3 96.5 0.2 98.0 98.2 0.2

Alabama

88.7 89.9 1.2 97.7 97.9 0.2 98.7 99.0 0.3

Alaska

96.8 97.0 0.2 92.8 91.1 -1.7 88.6 88.3 -0.3

Arizona

87.3 86.4 -0.9 94.6 94.5 -0.1 94.4 95.1 0.7

Arkansas

87.7 92.4 4.7 96.7 98.4 1.7 98.2 99.6 1.4

California

96.6 98.1 1.5 99.4 99.3 -0.1 99.6 99.5 -0.1

Colorado

83.6 83.6 0.0 94.2 94.2 0.0 97.1 97.1 0.0

Connecticut

89.6 90.1 0.5 92.7 92.9 0.2 92.9 93.3 0.4

Delaware

82.7 81.1 -1.6 90.4 91.2 0.8 92.6 93.9 1.3

District of Columbia

83.3 83.2 -0.1 92.0 92.2 0.2 96.5 97.6 1.1

Florida

88.1 90.7 2.6 93.1 93.6 0.5 96.6 96.9 0.3

Georgia

81.5 79.7 -1.8 95.5 96.1 0.6 96.5 97.7 1.2

Hawaii

88.3 88.5 0.2 96.4 96.3 -0.1 98.8 98.9 0.1

Idaho

91.4 89.1 -2.3 95.0 94.8 -0.2 98.6 98.5 -0.1

Illinois

89.3 92.2 2.9 99.8 99.4 -0.4 99.9 99.9 0.0

Indiana

91.0 91.4 0.4 92.3 92.4 0.1 96.5 96.3 -0.2

Iowa

95.8 96.7 0.9 97.0 97.5 0.5 98.2 98.8 0.6

Kansas

97.0 96.6 -0.4 95.9 95.9 0.0 99.1 99.0 -0.1

Kentucky

84.9 86.6 1.7 97.0 96.9 -0.1 98.7 99.0 0.3

Louisiana

83.3 84.4 1.1 98.0 98.1 0.1 99.2 99.5 0.3

Maine

93.2 94.8 1.6 98.0 98.0 0.0 99.1 99.1 0.0

Maryland

88.0 96.0 8.0 94.5 94.9 0.4 98.3 98.4 0.1

Massachusetts

88.9 89.6 0.7 94.0 94.4 0.4 97.8 98.0 0.2

Michigan

85.3 84.4 -0.9 95.6 96.3 0.7 97.9 98.2 0.3

Minnesota

86.2 86.0 -0.2 91.9 91.6 -0.3 96.8 98.3 1.5

Mississippi

89.6 89.8 0.2 94.9 94.3 -0.6 97.0 97.1 0.1

Missouri

80.3 91.1 10.8 94.9 96.0 1.1 98.2 98.4 0.2

Montana

92.0 92.0 0.0 97.8 97.8 0.0 97.2 97.2 0.0

Nebraska

79.1 90.5 11.4 93.2 96.5 3.3 92.5 98.7 6.2

Nevada

95.3 95.9 0.6 93.3 93.3 0.0 92.3 93.3 1.0

New Hampshire

93.5 94.3 0.8 98.5 97.9 -0.6 99.6 99.5 -0.1

New Jersey

82.1 84.7 2.6 96.0 96.5 0.5 99.1 99.1 0.0

New Mexico

85.2 91.1 5.9 96.4 97.7 1.3 97.2 98.3 1.1

New York

91.9 91.5 -0.4 95.2 94.8 -0.4 95.9 95.9 0.0

North Carolina

89.7 90.8 1.1 99.0 99.0 0.0 98.7 99.0 0.3

North Dakota

97.5 97.9 0.4 99.3 99.3 0.0 99.7 99.7 0.0

Ohio

91.9 92.2 0.3 94.9 95.2 0.3 97.9 98.6 0.7

Oklahoma

82.7 91.8 9.1 96.5 97.8 1.3 95.8 97.5 1.7

Oregon

86.3 84.2 -2.1 93.1 93.8 0.7 94.5 94.7 0.2

Pennsylvania

95.6 96.7 1.1 95.3 94.9 -0.4 99.0 98.8 -0.2

Rhode Island

93.7 93.9 0.2 97.8 98.4 0.6 99.3 99.7 0.4

South Carolina

88.6 88.5 -0.1 96.1 96.9 0.8 97.1 97.9 0.8

South Dakota

97.9 98.1 0.2 98.2 98.1 -0.1 99.2 99.2 0.0

Tennessee

87.6 89.4 1.8 96.5 96.4 -0.1 99.2 99.2 0.0

Texas

94.6 95.5 0.9 98.9 99.2 0.3 99.1 99.3 0.2

Utah

96.4 97.4 1.0 99.0 99.3 0.3 99.4 99.7 0.3

Vermont

93.8 93.4 -0.4 98.6 97.2 -1.4 98.9 99.5 0.6

Virginia

92.0 92.3 0.3 96.4 96.4 0.0 98.6 98.8 0.2

Washington

84.6 85.3 0.7 96.3 96.7 0.4 98.8 99.0 0.2

West Virginia

91.8 96.6 4.8 98.8 98.8 0.0 98.8 98.3 -0.5

Wisconsin

96.5 97.7 1.2 96.3 97.0 0.7 98.3 97.5 -0.8

Wyoming

97.7 98.3 0.6 97.5 98.0 0.5 98.2 98.6 0.4

Puerto Rico

94.6 95.2 0.6 95.7 96.3 0.6 95.7 96.2 0.5

Virgin Islands

98.5 96.9 -1.6 100.0 99.6 -0.4 96.2 97.2 1.0

Footnotes:

(1) Percentage of establishments reporting employment in the third month of the quarter.

(2) Percentage reported for the United States includes data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Last Modified Date: August 23, 2023